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LOT 3500
Probus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 281. Ticinum mint. 2nd officina.
VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; Q in left field, SXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 491 var. (star on reverse); probuscoins.fr 1102. Near Extremely Fine.(3.65gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Germanicus AE Dupondius. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Rome mint. Commemorating the triumph of Germanicus over the Germans.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, bare-headed, draped and holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins, driving triumphal quadriga to right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing to right / SIGNIS RECEP[T] DEVICTIS GERM ('standards recovered from the defeated Germans'), Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing to left, cradling aquila, and extending right hand in gesture of command; large S C across lower fields. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula). 14.85gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The reverse inscription SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM[ANIS] refers to the recovery of the aquilae in a grove where they had been buried by the barbarians and their return to Rome. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 133-135. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar. RIC II.3 2047; BMCRE 719; RSC 1334. 3.53gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 327-329. Heraclea mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, pearl-diademed and draped bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing to left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand; •SMHЄ in exergue. RIC VII 95; LRBC 893. 2.84gr, 18mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
